City of Orange

The city of Orange, with a population of 138,776 has a land area of 27 square miles. Orange is the sixth largest city in Orange County.

The city of Orange provides a full range of services for its citizens, The services include police, fire, paramedic, emergency transportation, library, recreation and parks, planning and development, street improvements and lighting, and general administration. The city also operates a water utility and provides for refuse collection and sanitation. In addition, the city provides aid to its citizens in the form of residential and commercial rehabilitation loans and economic-development programs.

Orange is home to thousands of businesses, ranging from major Fortune 500 companies to family-owned stores. Chapman University, the oldest university in Orange County, is located here, along with the rapidly growing Santiago Canyon College.

The charming downtown area, with its antiques stores, art galleries and restaurants, draw visitors from many miles around. Orange proudly calls itself “a major city with small-town ambiance.”

The hub of Old town Orange is The Circle and every year the Orange International Street Fair is held. Labor Day weekend for the past three decades, the Orange International Street Fair (OISF) in downtown Orange has been the place where friends, families and neighbors get together to experience a wide variety of food, music and dance from cultures and ethnicities throughout the world.

During the next decades Orange will continue to expand to the east. Preliminary plans call for a variety of developments in the area around Irvine Lake, with much of the area to the north of the lake remaining as open space.

The city of Orange will continue to strive for a balance of attractive neighborhoods and a strong business base, maintaining a sense of community and the small-town values on which it was founded